It was the first time I saw my Mom since her bone marrow transplant for her multiple myeloma. The treatment had put her in the hospital for 29 days. It would bring both devastation and hope for new life. She received high doses of…
I got out of my car surrounded by the lights glowing from multiple Asian restaurants, bakeries, and teahouses. Houston has a few Asian items Idaho lacks. A few minutes later my friend Karen showed up. We had gone to high school together and were…
I attended Loma Linda’s School of Medicine 87th Annual Postgraduate Convention. One of the keynote speakers was Robert Saper, MD who is the Director of Integrative Medicine for the Boston Medical Center Department of Family Medicine. Saper came to present on the topic of…
Last month my spiritual well was running dry. Whenever this has happened in the past I have begun to read the gospels and once again it has not failed to revive me. This time around it has altered how I’ve practiced medical ministry. Here’s…
From Glass to Diamond If I were to take a glass bowl and send it to a friend in the mail for a gift, I would have to mark the box as “Fragile – Handle With Care.” If I don’t the gift doesn’t make…
According to archeology studies, in the beginning of the book of Acts the ratio of Christians to non-Christians was 1:500,000. At the end of the book of Acts the ratio goes down to 1:60. What happened to facilitate such explosive growth of the Christian…
Lifestyle change is an entire industry Consider everything in the market designed to change and improve your life. In Barnes & Noble you have an entire row dedicated to diet books such as the keto diet, paleo diet or Mediterranean diet. Exercise programs such…
What is Medical Ministry? Medical Ministry is comprehensive. About seven years ago, a new term was introduced to the church: comprehensive health ministry. This actually was a rebranding of an older term – medical missionary work or medical ministry. It was a good move…
This past weekend I had two loved ones with fevers. One had a temperature of 103.7. The other had a temperature of 103.8. One of those family members ended up in the hospital. The other did not. The first person with a temperature of…
Joshua turns one this month. I’ve written about him several times this past year – from his untimely birth, to how he makes me a better doctor, to how he has changed the relationship between my wife and I.…
